Composer Georges Bizet Librettists Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Based On the novella by Prosper Mérimée Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1951 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Technical Director Armando Agnini Choreographer Lew Christensen Cast Carmen Blanche Thebom Don José Ramon Vinay Micaëla Uta Graf Escamillo, the Toreador Ralph Herbert Zuniga, Captain of the Dragoons Lorenzo Alvary Frasquita Lois Hartzell Mercédès Alice Ostrowsky Dancaïre Alessio De Paolis Remendado George Cehanovsky Morales, an officer Winther Andersen Solo Dancer(s) Joan Vickers Geraldine Vazquez Roland Vazquez Show Dates Sun, Nov 4 1951, 2pm Time and Place About 1820; Seville, Spain Scenes Act I -- Courtyard of Cigarette Factory Act II -- A Tavern in Suburbs Act III -- A Rocky Pass in the Mountains at Night Act IV -- Square at Entrance to Bull Ring Notes Incidental Dances by Corps de Ballet